Bill O'Reilly

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News about Bill O'Reilly, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Feb. 26, 2015

News Analysis; comparison of reporting controversies surrounding Brian Williams of NBC News and Bill O'Reilly of Fox News suggests that O'Reilly is unlikely to be disciplined because his popularity helped build cable news behemoth; unlike Williams, O'Reilly is also using his show as platform to squelch accusations that he exaggerated his coverage of Falklands War. MORE

Feb. 24, 2015

Fox News host Bill O'Reilly bolsters his defense on his show against reports that he exaggerated stories about his war reporting of Falkland Islands and covering unrest in Buenos Aires; somer former CBS News colleagues say he has embellished claims. MORE

Feb. 23, 2015

Fox News host Bill O'Reilly denies accusations published in Mother Jones article that he misled audiences with stories about his war reporting in the Falkland Islands in 1982 and El Salvador in 1980. MORE

Feb. 22, 2015

Feb. 3, 2014

Pres Obama faces full-scale blitz by Bill O'Reilly of Fox News in an interview before the Super Bowl; Obama sat for the interview in keeping with his tradition of appearing on the network broadcast of game. MORE

Dec. 24, 2012

Fox News television host Bill O'Reilly has become arguably most popular history author in America with books Killing Kennedy and Killing Lincoln; books occupied No 1 and No 2 spots on New York Times's best-seller list for hardcover nonfiction, a rare feat, managed in part due to relentless pace at which O'Reilly writes. MORE

Oct. 11, 2012

Janet Maslin reviews book Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. MORE

On Monday’s show, Mr. O’Reilly played CBS News footage from 1982 that showed violent protests and quoted correspondents describing the scene, but former colleagues said his account was still flawed. (With video.)